SOUTH PORTLAND — Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse will be open to the public on June 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and each Saturday through Labor Day.

The lighthouse will also open Sundays, starting July 3.

Spring Point Ledge is home to America’s only known publicly accessible caisson lighthouse. The 24 open house dates are the most ever in a season.

A $5 tour fee donation is recommended, and children under 13 are free.

Spring Point Light is on the campus of Southern Maine Community College, off Fort Road at the end of the breakwater.

The lighthouse is maintained by the nonprofit Spring Point Ledge Light Trust. For more information, visit springpointlight.org or call 799-6337.

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Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse will open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays from June 17 through Labor Day, and at the same time starting Sundays from July 3.


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